DANCE AT CROOKHORN

Start of the lesson■Come straight into Perfoming Arts

■Go quietly into the changing rooms and change quickly

■When you are changed come out and sit down in your circle ready to start the lesson

What kit do I need?

■Black or Navy Blue Tracksuit, Dance Trousers or leggings

■A black t shirt – girls,Fitted t-shirts are fine

■No socks!

If you are injured■You must bring a note and give

it to me before going into the changing rooms.

■You will still be involved in learning so don’t expect an lesson off.

■No kit + No note = Faculty Detention (40 minutes)

What will I learn in Dance?Loads!!You will lean lots of movement, different choreographic techniques and how to do lifts like this one!

What units of work will there be?■1. Introduction to Dance■2. Choreography and

Performance■3. Use of Stimulus■4. Performance Project

What else can I get involved in?■National Schools Dance

Competition■Whole school production. This

year we are doing Grease!■Rock Challenge■Dance Clubs for the Summer Show. ■Red Cross Physical Theatre

Rock Challenge■Nationwide performance

competition ■Our heat will be in Portsmouth in

February 2017■Last year we won 12 awardsOverall 3rd place And most importantly…….Staff air guitar competition!

Red Cross – Make Your Move■A national physical theatre

competition■Selected students from Year 7 –

10 will perform■Last year we won our heat an

came 4th in the National Finals where we performed at the O2 in London and were judged by Diversity!

■We also won, most emotive performance and outstanding performance skill.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS DANCE COMPETITION

2017

What is The National Schools Competition?

■ It is a dance competition open to all primary and secondary schools in England.

■ There are 3 competitions– Primary Schools– Key Stage 3 – Years 7-9 – Key Stage 4 and 5 – Years 10-13

■ Crookhorn is very successful at National Level. ■ In 2015 we got a KS4 team to the National Finals

who placed 15th.■ In 2016 we got a KS3 team to the National Finals

who placed 3rd!

How to take part

■ Don’t worry if you’ve never danced before – lots of our best dancers only danced for the first time in Year 7!

■ You can enter any dance you like in any style to any music providing the words are appropriate!

■ Get a group together, use the theatre or the studio to create your performance. See Miss Williams if you’d like her to watch your dance so far for feedback.

■ If you’d like an older student to help you create either all of your performance or just to offer occasional advice, please see Miss Williams and she’ll assign someone to your group.

When does the dance have to be ready

■ You have until 27th January to get your dance recorded by Miss Williams to be sent off for the first round of competition.

■ You can still continue to make changes and improvements to your dance before the regional finals.

What happens after the videos are sent off?

■ After the videos are sent off, the selection panel decide who is through to the regional finals. Last year we got 8 teams through to this stage, this year we’re aiming for 10!

■ Regional Finals are in Swindon on Monday 27th March 2017

■ National Finals are in July

It is our mission to get at least one team to the national finals in 2017. Will it be you?